Domino V10: Get Involved As A Project Contributor for OpenNTF

Posted by Paul Withers on June 26, 2018

With Domino V10 just
around the corner and a commitment already announced at Engage from HCL
and IBM to work with OpenNTF, there is no better time to get involved.
It may seem an onerous task and there may seem more administration than
necessary around contributing to OpenNTF. The measures in place are designed
to give greater confidence to our consumers while minimising the work involved
for contributors. It's actually quick and painless. There are just four
steps:

- Register on
OpenNTF, if you haven't already. If you're not going to be uploading the
releases, you don't even need to do this.- Sign a CCLA (if you're contributing
on behalf of your company) or ICLA (if you're contributing
as an individual). This just gives you and consumers of your project peace
of mind.- Add a license
file to your project. Hopefully your project is Apache-licensed, where
possible. The text is here or you can copy
from another project.- Add a Notice
file outlining who's contributed code and any third-party code you've used..

If you're concerned
about the ICLA / CCLA, I've created a video on our Facebook page to step
through it as well as give an overview of the whole process.

Plus we have our
board member elections in September. Whether on the board or not, we're
always looking for people to get involved in all areas like process management,
infrastructure management etc. The more help we have, the more we can do.

So get involved
and look for more opportunities over the coming months.